Newsday: Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, right, talks to ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov on Feb. 3, 2016, at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in Manhattan. Dinkins had just finished rehearsing a show that celebrates Black history and Chinese heritage. Photo Credit: Yeong-Ung Yang
Newsday: Ex-Mayor David Dinkins and pianist Jiaxin Tian prepare
on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music
for a show to celebrate the Chinese New Year and Black History Month.
Photo Credit: Yeong-Ung Yang
By Maria Alvarez - Special to Newsday
February 7, 2016
Black History Month and Chinese New Year may seem polar opposites, but a fusion of the February celebrations is in the works at Carnegie Hall.
Renowned Chinese pianist Jiaxin Tian and former Mayor
David Dinkins will share the stage — and their heritages — on Wednesday
night.
“It helps to remind us that our city is not a melting pot
but a mosaic,” said Dinkins, echoing his famous 1990s refrain that
redefined New York City’s diversity as separate entities that must be
respected.
Dinkins, 87, will recite Abraham Lincoln’s most memorable
quotations and proclamations about slavery and America’s struggle for
equality in honor of Black History Month. The narration will be
accompanied by American composer Aaron Copland’s 1942 masterpiece, “A
Portrait of Lincoln.”
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